Talk:Ecdysis
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[edit]cuticle is incorrectly spelled as "citucle" in the second of the two images in the Process section. 171.64.163.125 21:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Image
[edit]I have fixed it for the moment. hopefully then original contributor can provide a better fixed image. Regards Velela 23:31, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Higher/lower?
[edit]What the hell is a higher or lower insect? --Perfection 01:49, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
- Changed to something more valid --Kugamazog 04:54, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Merger proposal
[edit]Hi, I propose to merge moult with this wiki. They refer to the same things. Ecdysis is applicable to reptiles too, and moulting for insects. AshLin 12:53, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- Do you have sources for your claim that ecdysis is used for reptiles? Moulting is used for arthropods and ecdysozoans in general, but my understanding is that ecdysis is one special form of moulting seen in members of the superphylum Ecdysozoa (including Arthropods and Nematodes).--Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte 20:10, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- The terms are not interchangeable; ecdysis is the type of molting seen in arthropods, so it is a subset, not a synonym. The merger proposal has been up long enough, I'm going to remove it. Dyanega (talk) 00:14, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Merge_discussion
[edit]These two pages deal with exactly the same topic - ecdysis is merely the technical term while moulting is the vernacular one. The resulting merge page will also need massive improvements, but that's for later. Mokele (talk) 00:04, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Ecdydis has a specific meaning but moulting is a very general term and means different things depending on the group of animals it is applied to. A bird moulting its feathers is very different from a dragonfly nymph changing into an adult. You need both terms. --Rixonrixon 7th October 2009
- Oppose. See Dyanega's comment from June 2008. - Soulkeeper (talk) 12:49, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Does Ecdysis include emergence from pupa
[edit]Does "Ecdysis" include emergence from pupa? If it does, I think this needs to be stated clearly as the opening sentence states "...the moulting of the cuticula...". __DrChrissy (talk) 19:03, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
The elements of this article are logically insonsistent. The figure title implies that the figure is about ecdysis which has been equated with moulting in the first sentence of the article. But the last sentence in the figure legend is: “moulting can start”, implying that what the figure describes is NOT moulting = ecdysis. This does not fit together. The underlying problem is: should the formation of new cuticle be included in the definition, or is it just shedding of the old cuticle? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.38.117.2 (talk) 17:55, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Anything on other Ecdysozoans?
[edit]Would be interested in seeing about the moulting of non-arthropods. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.131.21 (talk) 10:55, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
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